DETAILED LESSON PLAN

DLP No: 2 Learning Area: ENGLISH Grade Level: 6 Quarter: 3 Duration: 50 min
Learning Codes:
Competency/ies:  Use a particular kind of sentence for a specific purpose and
audience (asking permission and responding to questions) ENG6SS-IIIa-1.81

 Show tactfulness when communicating with others ENG6A-IIIa-17

Key Concepts /
Understandings to be Asking for and giving permission:
Developed:
When you ask for permission to use something that belongs to someone else you have to do
your best to be polite. It is desirable to use the word "please."

Expressions Used When Asking for Permission

To ask permission Possible responses
Is it OK if . . . I really wish you wouldn’t.
Do you mind if . . . No, I don’t mind. Go ahead
May I . . . Sure, no problem.
Would it be a problem if . . . No problem at all
Would it be OK if . . . No, please don’t

There are three basic question types:

 Yes/No: the answer is "yes or no"

 Question-word: the answer is "information"
 Choice: the answer is "in the question"

1. Objectives
Knowledge - Familiarize when to use modal may, could, can, do you mind, would you mind in asking for
permissions
- Discuss the appropriate ways of responding to questions.
Skills Role play a situation which applies to both concepts: asking permission and responding to
questions
Attitudes Show tactfulness when asking for permission and in responding to questions.
Values Foster respect among individuals.
2. Content
3. Learning Internet
Resources/Material powerpoint presentation
s/Equipment pictures, activity sheets, meta cards, scotch tape
4. Procedures
Introductory Activity
(5minutes)  Review on the kinds of sentences as to structure. (declarative, interrogative, imperative and
exclamatory)
 Look at the picture and try to answer these questions orally.

Picture of a family in a picnic

 1. What can you see in the picture?
2. Woud you like to go to a picnic? If yes, where and when would you go?

Present the story.

Activity
(7 minutes) Planning a Picnic

Maliha and Saleha are good friends. They are in the same class. They visit each other at
weekends. On one such occassion when Saleha was on her way to Maliha’s place, she saw a
bus parked on one side of the road. The banner on it read :

Home Economics College, Dhaka

Annual PIcnic
Venue: Kotbari, Comilla
Date: December 25, 1994

That gave her an idea.

At Maliha’s house, the two friends sat and talked over a cup of tea.
Saleha : Maliha, I find life boring. Why can’t we do something?
Maliha : That’s right. Do you have anything interesting in mind?
Saleha : Yes, how about a picnic?
Maliha : That’s a good idea. Where?
Saleha : Say, Sonargaon, we’ll fix all that up in school.
Maliha : But first, I must get my mother’s permission.
Saleha : Right, I must do the same.

A few days later, before going to school Maliha talked to her mother about it.

Maliha : Mother, our class is planning to go for a picnic next Friday. Can I join them?
Mother : Where will you be going?
Maliha : To Sonargaon. We want to visit the museum there.
Mother : Will your teachers be going too?
Maliha : Yes mother, all our teachers. Class 9 students want to come along. So it’s a combined
picnic for Classes 9 and 10.
Mother : All right. You can go.

Ask the following:

Analysis
(10minutes)  How have Maliha and Saleha become good friends?

 Where were the students of Home Economics College going?

 Where did Maliha and Saleha make the final plan for the picnic?

 When will they go for the picnic?

 What made Maliha’s mother give her daughter permission to go for a picnic?

 Is it necessary to ask permission before doing something?

Abstraction The teacher discusses the following concepts:

(3 minutes)
Asking for and Giving permission

In asking and giving permission politely, you can use ‘can’, ‘could’ or ‘may’. Below are some tips
on how you can use these modal auxiliaries;

 Can

You use ‘can’ to ask for or giving permission. ‘Can’ is less formal than ‘could’ or ‘may’.

For example:

Asking for permission Giving/ refusing permission

 Yes, you can but you need to finish your
Can I go to KLCC tomorrow, dad? homework before you go.

I’m sorry you can’t because I’ve left it at

Can I use your handphone, Ita? home.

Can we go now, Miss Nor? Yes, you can/ No, you can’t.

 Could

You use ‘could’ to ask for and give permission. It is more polite than ‘can’. It is also used to show
permission given in the past.

For example:

Asking for permission Giving/ refusing permission

Could I give my opinion? Yes, you could/ No, you couldn’t.

Could we go back earlier, Miss Akeena? Yes, you could.

No, I couldn’t. I could watch

When you were small, could you watch television television from 5.00 p.m. till 6.30
every night? p.m. during weekdays.

 May

You use ‘may’ in a formal situation when you ask for and give permission.

For example:

 Do you Mind vs. Would you mind

Asking for permission Giving/ refusing permission
‘Would you mind’ is seen as more
Miss Afsyah, may I ask a question? Yes, you may. formal than ‘do you mind.’
I’m sorry. Everyone must
May I submit the assignment tomorrow? submit it today.
There are three basic question types:
Yes, you may. I’ll be in my
May I see you at 5.00 p.m. today, Miss Kate? I office from 2.00 p.m. to 6.00
need to discuss my project paper. p.m. today. 1. Yes/No questions

Sometimes the only answer that we need

is yes or no. Look at these examples:

answer:
auxiliary verb subject not main verb   yes or no

Do you   want dinner? Yes, I do.

Can you   drive?   No, I can't.

Has she not finished her work? Yes, she has.

 answer:
auxiliary verb subject not main verb   yes or no

Did they   go home? No, they didn't.

2. Question-word: the answer is "information"

 Choice: the answer is "in the question"

Question words are also called wh questions because they include the letters 'W' and 'H'.

Question
Meaning Examples
words
who person Who's that? That's Nancy.
where place Where do you live? In Boston
why reason Why do you sleep early? Because I've got to get up early
when time When do you go to work? At 7:00
how manner How do you go? By car
object, idea or What do you do? I am an engineer
what
action
which choice Which one do you prefer? The red one.
whose possession Whose is this book? It's Alan's.
whom object of the verb Whom did you meet? I met the manager.
what kind description What kind of music do you like? I like quiet songs
what time time What time did you come home?
quantity How many students are there? There are twenty.
how many
(countable)
amount, price How much time have we got? Ten minutes
how much
(uncountable)
how long duration, length How long did you stay in that hotel? For two weeks.
how often frequency How often do you go to the gym? Twice a week.
how far distance How far is your school? It's one mile far.

3. Choice: the answer is "in the question"

Sometimes we give our listener a choice. We ask them to choose between two possible
answers. So their answer is (usually) already in the question. Look at these examples:

auxiliary main answer:

verb subject verb   or   in question

Do you want tea or coffee? Coffee, please.

Will we meet John or James? John.

Application A. Group Activity
(7 minutes)
Role play the following situations and provide the appropriate way of asking permission from a
school staff.

Group I & 2 : A student does not feel well and wants to go to the nurse. Hs teacher is working
quietly with a small reading group. He doesn’t think he should disturb her, but he
really feels sick. He starts to walk out of the room and then stops and
remembers that he should go back and ask permission first.

Group 3 & 4 : A student has asked permission to go to the bathroom. His teacher gave him
permission, but on the way back to class, he remembered that he left his
homework in the library. He begins t turn around to get it but then stops and
realizes that he has to go back to class first and ask permission to go the library.

1. B. Decide which question is the best match for the answer.

1. Nothing. I'm fine. 6. It's an umbrella.
A. What did you do? A. Why do you call this?
B. What was that? B. How do you call this?
C. What is wrong? C. What do you call this?

2. About ten miles. 7. I needed a new shirt.

A. How miles is it? A. Why did you need?
B. How much miles is it? B. Why did you shopping?
C. How far is it? C. Why did you go shopping

3. We went to Turkey. 8. I'm 6'2".

A. Where to did you go?
A. What tall are you?
B. Where holiday did you go?
B. How much tall are you?
C. Where did you go on holiday C. How tall are you?

4. She lives in Brighton. 9. He's 21.

A. Where does she living?
B. Where does she live? A. How many years has he?
C. Where she lives? B. What years is he?
C. How old is he?
5. It costs 30 dollars.
10. She’s riding her bike.
A. How much did it cost?
B. How much cost? A. What does she do?
C. How much does it cost? B. What does she doing?
C. What is she doing?

5. Assessment A. Complete the table by providing the appropriate way of asking for permission in the second
(10 minutes) column.

Situation Asking for permission

1. Zhayene wants to have chocolate. She
asks her mother ….
2. Ghian wants to go to his friend’s birthday
party. He asks his father …..
3. Mita wants to borrow her friend’s pen.She
asks…
4. The students of Class 8 want to use their
classroom after school hours for music
lessons. They ask their teacher…
5. Mr. Ricardo’s neighbor is suddenly ill. Mrs.
Valdez wants to take him immediately to the
hospital but she can’t get an ambulance or
any public transport. So she asks Mr. Ricardo
 to use his car.

B. Answer the question below.

A Great Accomplishment

Question: When was the last time you accomplished something great? Explain.

Sample Answer: The last tiime I accomplished something great was when I climbed Mt.
KIlimanjaru. It was brutal. It is the highest mountain in Africa. It’s peak reaches over 19, 000
ft. About half way through the climb, I didn’t think I was going to make it to the top. However,
my guide kept urging me along and the climb was finally over after eight days. I felt like I had
truly accomplished something great.

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6. Assignment
(5 minutes) A. Write five situations in your daily life in which you need to get permission using can, could or
Reinforcing/ may.
Strengthening the
Day’s Lesson B. Answer the question:

What do like to do with your friends?

7. Concluding Activity
(3 minutes)

Prepared by:

Name: ETHELINA L. LAURENTE School: PG Almendras Elementary School

Position/Designation: Master Teacher 1 Division: Danao City

Contact Number: 09778145194 Email address: [email protected]